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Remembering Gauri: We’ll Fight Back, Say Journalists and Activists

Today marks the first death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her home on 5 September 2017.

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Today marks the first death anniversary of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh who was shot dead outside her Bengaluru residence on 5 September 2017.

Activists demanded strict measures to ban the radical Hindu group, Sanatan Sanstha, which has alleged links with the assassination of the scribe. Meanwhile, Lankesh’s weekly publication Gauri Lankesh Patrike returned to business on 5 September 2018 with a new name, Nyaya Patha, and a special issue.

5:27 PM , 05 Sep

Forces Ruling the Country Are Crushing Dissent: Varadarajan

Speaking at the event, Siddharth Vardarajan said that the forces ruling the country were running a project to silence all voices of dissent and that even assassinations (are an option) if need be...and even arrests to crush dissent to create a false fear psychosis.

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5:13 PM , 05 Sep

Girish Karnad Declares Himself an Urban Naxal

Author Girish Karnad attended the event wearing a board saying “Me Too Urban Naxal”.

Today marks the first death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her home on 5 September 2017.
Girish Karnad at the event in Bengaluru.
(Photo: The Quint)
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5:11 PM , 05 Sep

The Pen Is All That Writers and Thinkers Have, Says Chandrashekhar Patil

Noted Kannada writer Professor Chandrashekhar Patil, also on the hit list of the killers behind Lankesh’s murder, said that the pen was all that writers and thinkers like him had and that they would fight back. Patil also announced that he would restart his column in the paper Nyaya Patha.

5:06 PM , 05 Sep

Gauri Memorial Trust Releases Pen in Memory of Lankesh

Today marks the first death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her home on 5 September 2017.
The pen released for fundraising.
(Photo: The Quint)

At the event, the Gauri Memorial Trust released a pen with a photograph and signature of Gauri Lankesh.

Today marks the first death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her home on 5 September 2017.

Veteran journalist Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor, The Wire also released a Kannada weekly tabloid Nyaya Patha, which will be run by Gauri Memorial trust.

Today marks the first death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her home on 5 September 2017.
The release of the tabloid. 
(Photo: The Quint)
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Published: 05 Sep 2018, 12:22 PM IST
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